I received this query and hope ATHGers can help.  Probably it would be
useful to reply both to the list and to Roland-Francois Lack directly.
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>I was hoping you might be able to help me with some research related to
>the IOGT in London circa 1904. I am researching the background to 'Buy
>Your Own Cherries', a temperance film made by Robert Paul in 1904, in the
>Muswell Hill/Friern Barnet area of  North London.
>
>The film shows a drinking man signing what appears to be an authentic IOGT
>pledge in a small chapel or mission. I'm trying to identify the location,
>and suspect it was the Freehold Mission house in Sydney Road, North London.
>
>What I'd like to ask you is if you know where I might find information on
>the Order's activities in London in this period. I'd also like to find out
>if Robert Paul was commissioned to make the film, or had personal
>associations with the Order.
>
>Any hints as to where to look would be gratefully received and acknowledged.
>
>Roland-Francois Lack

>University College London
>24 Chandos Court
>The Green, Southgate
>London
>N14 7AA
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